Hungary: Intermarriages of Roma and ethnic Hungarians, including their frequency and the treatment of mixed couples by Roma and ethnic Hungarians (2001)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 14 March 2002 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | HUN38276.E |
| Reference | 5 |
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In a 2000 report by the Budapest-based Bureau for European Comparative Minority Research (BECMIR), Tibor Derdak claimed that although the three linguistically distinct Roma groups of Hungary (Romungros, Vlach and Beash) are said to practice endogamy (Oct. 2000, 26), Roma who enter into mixed marriages tend to "cast off" their Roma identity (ibid., 20).
No further information in intermarriages of Roma and ethnic Hungarians could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
Derdak, Tibor. October 2000. "Demographics and Modes of Existence." A Roma's Life in Hungary. Report 2000. Edited by Erno Kallai and Erika Torzsok. Budapest: Bureau for European Comparative Minority Research, 99 p.
Additional Sources Consulted
IRB Databases
LEXIS/NEXIS
Torzsok, Erika et al. 2000. Caught in the Trap of Integration: Roma Problems and Prospects in Hungary. Budapest: Bureau for European Comparative Minority Research, 139 p.
Will, Guy. 2001. Between Past and Future: The Roma of Central and Eastern Europe. Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press, 429 p.
Oral sources including:
The director of the Bureau for European Comparative Minority Research did not have any information on this topic.
The director of the Mediator Foundation did not reply to an information request.
A professor at the department of sociology of Miskolc University did not reply to an information request.
A professor of sociology at the Institute of Sociology and Social Policy, Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest and lecturer at the Education Abroad Program of University of California did not have any information on this topic.
Internet sites including:
Anthropology of East Europe Review [Chicago]
The Budapest Sun
The European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) [Flensburg]
European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER) [Utrecht]
European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC)
Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative (Budapest)
Minority Rights Group International
Patrin
Project on Ethnic Relations (PER)
Review of Sociology of the Hungarian Sociological Association [Budapest]
Roma Community and Advocacy Centre [Toronto]
RomNews
Tarki Social Research Centre Inc. [Budapest]
World News Connection (WNC)
